Keeled scales in males.....

Posted by redgarter on January 31, 2003 at 21:13:46:

Well Dean, you took so much time to follow up on one of your earlier posts that I went ahead and did it for ya! ;-)

So, what's this about keeled scale dimorphism in indigos? I had never noticed myself before you brought it up, and had never heard of such a phenomenon in any snake species either. Do you know of any others, and is there anything in the litterature about it, or were your the first guy to notice this intriguing difference in the sexes?

I think this topic was brought up in the past, but I wasn't a forum visitor when it happened probably, so would appreciate some info.

Dr. Phil

Follow Ups:

• Re: Keeled scales in males.....How about cribos? tvandeventer 02/01/03 (11)
  • Yellow tails got'em too...(pic) redgarter 02/01/03 (1)
    • Yellow tails got'em too...looks pretty bad doc.... regalringneck 02/01/03 (0)
  • Yellow tails got'em too...(pic) redgarter 02/01/03 (0)
  • Hey Terr. Is your B/T a male or female? redgarter 02/01/03 (2)
    • Re: Hey Terr. Is your B/T a male or female? tvandeventer 02/01/03 (1)
      • Hmm.... Doug T 02/02/03 (0)
  • Re: Keeled scales n'...cribos...err no... regalringneck 02/01/03 (0)
  • on keels ....and thanks for the great pic Dr Phil (more) DeanAlessandrini 02/01/03 (3)
    • Deano...I'll go check my big TX boys this afternoon.... dryguy 02/01/03 (2)
      • If we call Dr Phil's snakes keel scaled, then... dryguy 02/01/03 (1)
        • FWIW, Shad don't got some too but (s?)he's young yet. shadindigo 02/01/03 (0)

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